Game.



F. KLEISSL.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9. 1915.

1,295,993 J '9: 4 Patented Man 4,1919.

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F. KLEISSL.

' (SAME. APPLICATH)N man SEPT. e. 1915.

Ptehted Man 1919.

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F. KLEISSL.

GAME.

APPLICA TION r1u:n SEPT. 9. 191a.

Patented Mill. 4,1919.

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the. ganl 'e when all the:pieces belonging:to the 1ns1de player a1e taken, z. e., removed 1 fr om the bo-ard.

The inside layerjma y los jsaid to lltV W011 thegame when all the pieces be10ng1ng to the outside playerhave been taken.

One ofwthe two-sides Will -alsoathen have. scored the victory swhen it succeeds in so form .0f galne-boardshownin Fig 1,- providedthe principle of arrangemenbbe 0ne and thZe-same. Thus, forf example-, 43119 cond'entfic fields, instead 0f b6i11g circular, may los eitherp0 lygonal1 (Fig. 5) orwe lliptical, (Fig. 4), orlof anyother shape-tlesirtad. 1

In a: similar mahnen, the =single spaces ned 11013 absnl'ute'aly -be' marked -whitesancl blsick, but they may be clistinguished- :Er01n one another inany other mannerdesired, f0r

instance,.by v-ztriiously'pshztped syn'1bols 01' markings,(Fig. 4). 1,1 V

Vario.us modifications ofthe said gam'eboard may be produ'ced byincreasing or re- 'clur;in@ the number f rings. or sectors, 012 botl1; also by ths introduotiomof an ad dition'al fneutral se0tororby diStributing the neutralspacs across-a numbar.of secto'r s;and, finally;by altkaringthe numben of the pieces emPloyedt p'1ay the game,or

by changing-the1rulesnf tl1e gameu Some examples: ofthe -man?-1nf1odifications of the game-bciarcl- Ire morefulljr 'descri'becl in tl1e following: 1

Fig. 2 shoWs a gaxn6-board. havin'g circular rings, Wh1eh, to fac1l1tate d1st1nt10n, are= provided with alternately..blaqka n(l white,

antlthen again white ancl ;hatched spaces; At the same time, the sectors contain5 for the sarne reajson, a lterl lat ely. blank and. white and then a'gmin whitand hatched spaces.

As a result of this arrangement, the figure 0f a cross appears 0n thagame=bdaid whieh Will render it particularly attractive und suitable as a means of agitation for charitable*orgmizations th@"badge of Wl1ich non-- s1Sts 0f a cross, such as a red eross, a"green* cross, and the like.

The sector b Which is situatecl at the uppermost end of the board and which is in tended to constitute the neutral sector, is specially markeol, not only by circular disks inscribed in the spaces, but also by a boroler running along its sides.

In tl1e modified for1n .of board shown in Fig. 3, there are inscribed in the center of the lines bordering both the circles ancl tl1e seetors, small circular disks, which serve as spaces f0r the game-board in the plak:e 0f the ring-sections. Tl1e individual circles are providecl alternately 110W with blank ancl White disks t0 enable tl1e annular zones t0 bexmore easily distinguished one fron1 the othe-r The circular disks of'the u-ppermost radi.u s b are provicled with a. special borcler, thus ;distinguishing this radius from tl1e others as the neutral radius.

In tl1e modifieclform of boarcl shown in Fig.- 4:, the game-board is provided With elhptically sha'pecl rings. For the purpose of distinction, the rings are.composed 011 the one hand of alternately black und. white spaces, ancl 0n the other band 0f small disks inscribed therein. It Will be noticeable that also intlw case 0f t11is f'0rm 0f game-boarcl, the four Sectorsform tl1e figre Of a cross which sets ofl We1l against the background. In the modified -form of game-board shownin Fig. .5, t-he boarcl is of octagonal shapen Tl1e arrangemei1t of t-he distinguislr i11gfeatures is essentially that sl1own in Fig. 2, With tl1e sole exception 0fthe neutral sector b, whichinthe plesent case is provided with small triangles in the place of the small disks.

Fig; 6 shows one-half of a game-board 0f the kind shownin Fig. l, adaptecl to be foldecltogether-to form a box in Which the pieces. be storecl away when not in use. In order to einabl6the use 0f shan-kecl pieces in the ga ms hereinbsfore described, the spaces of thegame-board may be providecl withlioles 011 depressions, as shown by way of exampleimFig. 7 01 the spaces znay from the outsetbe substi'tutedby such holes ordspmssions, as showhin Fig. 8.

Fig9 hows asection of a game-boarcl of thelkincL'shoWn in Figs.-7 und 8, having a sl1ankedlpieceinserted inthe central spann. Thej1oles 01' depressions ab0ve-mentionecl arsprsferably of ogival shape. The base portions of1 the club-shziped -shu1ked pieces adaptcl to be inserfed inthe said holes or depressimis are ofxa similar shape. Tl1e upper portions of these pieces may be 0rnamentedflnd shaped in -aniy way desired.

In Fig;- 10 there are shown a numloerof the said shankecl pieces.

By;g'iving both the shank ends of ths pieces and the h0les 0r depressions an sert'ing ths pieces much more rapidly than can be done by means of the pins or shanks .0f tl1e known form and cylindrical in shape fixed to the bottom portions 0f the man, 01 pieces. Further seeing that the club-shaped pieces, hzwing ogivally f0rmecl base portions, taper but gradually, the shank-like end porbion which is inserted in the gameboard is not hidden by the piece proper. In the case 01 alle shanked pieces hitherto in use, the shankfixed 130 tl1e, base portion is entirely hidden by the broad base portion of the piece, thus preventing the Player wl1en attempting to inserbthe piece in the game-board, from seeing both the shank and tl1e hole into which it is to be set, and ren- 

